Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-24 – Sanitation
Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-24
- Board: means the board of agriculture of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
- Inspector: means any meat inspector of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
- Intrastate commerce: means commerce within the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
- Meat or meat products: means any product capable of use as human food which is made wholly or in part from any meat or other portions of the carcass of any cattle, sheep, swine, or goats, excepting products which contain meat or other portions of the carcasses only in a relatively small proportion or historically have not been considered by consumers as products of the meat food industry, and which are exempted from the definition as meat products by the board under the conditions as it may prescribe to assure that the meat or other portions of the carcasses contained in the products are not adulterated and that the products are not represented as meat products. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
- Veterinarian: means the state veterinarian or any of the veterinarian's duly authorized representatives. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
The board shall cause to be made by veterinarian or meat inspector, the inspection of all slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing, rendering, or similar establishments in which cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines are slaughtered and the meat or meat products thereof are prepared solely for intrastate commerce as may be necessary to inform itself concerning the sanitary conditions of the same, and to prescribe the sanitation under which the establishments shall be maintained; and where the sanitary conditions of any establishments are such that the meat or meat products are rendered adulterated, it shall refuse to allow the meat or meat products to be labeled, marked, stamped, or tagged as “Hawaii Inspected and Passed”.